linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/7] kprobes: Remove called

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Message-ID: <20081112155807.GD5199@in.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:28:07 +0530
From:	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>
To:	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	systemtap-ml <systemtap@...rces.redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] kprobes: Remove called_from argument

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 03:57:13PM -0500, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> Remove called_from argument from kprobes which had been used for preventing
> self-refering of kernel module. However, since we don't keep module's refcount
> after registering kprobe any more, there is no reason to check that.
> 
> This patch also simplifies registering/unregistering functions because we don't
> need to use __builtin_return_address(0) which was passed to called_from.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>
> ---
>  kernel/kprobes.c |   70 +++++++++++--------------------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

Subject to inclusion of the two-liner I sent out earlier today on top of this one
(needed anyway to get this to compile)..

Acked-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>
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